🌍 GIS & Remote Sensing
Levels: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced
Offered by: Billbrain Institute of Technology
📘 Course Overview
The GIS & Remote Sensing course equips learners with practical skills in spatial data collection, mapping, analysis, and satellite imagery interpretation. Through a hands-on, multi-level progression, students learn to use tools like QGIS, ArcGIS, and Google Earth Engine to make informed decisions in fields such as urban planning, environmental management, agriculture, and disaster response.
Perfect for professionals, researchers, and students eager to unlock the power of geospatial technologies.
🧩 Beginner Level – Introduction to GIS & Mapping Tools
🧠 What You Will Learn
🌍 Basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
🗺️ Map types, projections, and coordinate systems
📌 Introduction to QGIS or ArcGIS interface and functions
🗃️ Data types: raster vs. vector
📍 Adding, editing, and symbolizing spatial data
📊 Creating basic maps and spatial visualizations
🎯 Target Audience
Beginners, field researchers, students, and anyone new to geospatial technologies.
⏱️ Course Duration
6 weeks (3 sessions per week, 2 hours per session)
💼 Prerequisites
None
⚙️ Intermediate Level – Spatial Analysis & Remote Sensing Basics
🧠 What You Will Learn
🛰️ Introduction to Remote Sensing & satellite imagery
🔍 Image classification and interpretation techniques
🧭 Spatial data analysis (buffering, overlay, querying)
🌐 Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) and georeferencing
🗂️ Working with shapefiles and satellite data formats
📥 Data collection with GPS and mobile GIS apps
🎯 Target Audience
Environmental scientists, urban planners, NGO staff, and researchers working with spatial data.
⏱️ Course Duration
6 weeks (3 sessions per week, 2 hours per session)
💼 Prerequisites
Completion of Beginner Level or relevant experience with mapping tools
🧠 Advanced Level – Applied GIS Projects & Remote Sensing for Decision Support
🧠 What You Will Learn
🌾 Land use/land cover change detection
🔥 Environmental monitoring and hazard mapping
☁️ Working with cloud-based GIS (Google Earth Engine)
📊 Advanced remote sensing indices (NDVI, NDWI, etc.)
🧪 GIS modeling and scenario analysis
📍 Final project: spatial analysis for a real-world issue
🎯 Target Audience
Professionals and analysts in agriculture, forestry, environment, urban development, and disaster management.
⏱️ Course Duration
6 weeks (3 sessions per week, 2 hours per session)
💼 Prerequisites
Completion of Intermediate Level or equivalent applied GIS experience
💰 Fees
Application Fee: UGX 30,000/=
Tuition Fee: UGX 550,000/= (Per Level)
📜 Certification
Certificate of Completion awarded at each level by Billbrain Institute of Technology
🚀 Career Pathways
GIS Analyst
Remote Sensing Technician
Environmental Mapping Officer
Urban Planner Support Staff
Agriculture & Land Use Analyst
Disaster Risk Analyst